Art

  • Zen Priest in a Golden Wrap
  • Buddhist Votive Stela of the Yan Family
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion in the Posture of Royal Ease
  • Buddha Shakyamuni and the Earth-Touching Gesture
  • Buddha Dipankara, the Buddha of the Past
  • Yakshi, Nymph with Lotus Flowers, fragment of a baluster
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • The Prophecy of the Wise Asita
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Bodhidharma Crosses the Yangtze River on a Reed
  • Head of the Buddha
  • Votive Stela Depicting Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Sheltered by the Serpent-King
  • Great Stupa at Sanchi
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion as the Bringer of Sons
  • Buddhist Monastic Rules from the Pali Canon
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Buddha Begins Teaching
  • Budai
  • Vijaya Stupa
  • Praying Priest
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni 
  • Baisajyaguru, the Medicine Buddha
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Mahasiddha Virupa
  • Buddha Shakyamuni From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Dharmapala Yama
  • Leaving for Homelessness
  • Printing Block for a Prayer from the Text “Embodiment of the Three Jewels” by Jatson Nyingpo (1585–1656)
  • Vase with Lotus Vines and the Eight Auspicious Symbols of Buddhism
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Prince Siddhartha’s Wedding
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Stela Showing Scenes from the Life of the Buddha
  • Shyamatara, Green Tara
  • Pancha Raksha Manuscript
  • Dakini Vasya-Vajravarahi
  • Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Guhyamanjuvajra
  • Relief of the Five Transcendent Buddhas
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • The Death of the Buddha
  • Plaque Showing the Buddha Teaching
  • State Oracle Garment
  • Head of the Buddha
  • The Arhats Vanavasin, Angaja, Kalika, and Ajita From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Head of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni with Scenes from his Life
  • The Four Excursions
  • Travel Shrine
  • Head of a Lokeshvara
  • Votive Stela with Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Jizo Bosatsu, Bodhisattva in the Guise of a Monk
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Attains Awakening Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Meditating Under the Bodhi Tree
  • Standing Monk with Hands Folded
  • Vajradhara, the Primordial Buddha
  • Mara’s Daughters Tempt the Buddha
  • Stupa
  • Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas
  • Portrait of the Zen Priest Gemmon Doyu
  • Empress Jito, from the series “Parody of the Ogura Version of ‘One Hundred Poets, One Hundred Poems’ ”
  • Gendün Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama (1476–1542)
  • Buddhist Pocket-sized Prayer Altar
  • Buddhist Votive Tablet
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Gazelle
  • Portrait of the Abbot Ennin
  • Standing Buddha Amida
  • Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Maitreya
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Tames the Wild Elephant Nalagiri
  • Padmasambhava
  • Machig Labdrön
  • Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Standing Buddha
  • The Arhats Panthaka, Gopaka, Nagasena, and Abheda From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Ascetic Milarepa
  • Dharmatala and two lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The Arhats Kanakavasta, Vajriputra, Kanaka Bharadvaja, and Bhadra From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Female Monkey with Her Young
  • Green Tara (Shyama Tara)
  • Jambhala, the God of Wealth
  • The Four Pleasures of Nan Shenglu (detail)
  • Buddha Shakyamuni Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • Rectangular Coin
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Sakya Pandita (1182–1252)
  • The Buddha Invokes the Earth Goddess as his Witness
  • The Buddha’s Parinirvana
  • Buddha Vairocana
  • Monastic Rules for Monks
  • The Arhats Bakula, Rahula, Cudapanthaka, and Pindola From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • Amida Nyorai, Buddha of the Western Paradise
  • Hotei
  • Standing Buddha Shakyamuni
  • Ceremonial Dagger Featuring the God of Death
  • Head of a Buddha
  • The Descent of Buddha Amida
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, as the Patron of fishermen
  • Six Persimmons
  • The Transcendent Buddha Akshobhya
  • Excerpt from the Lotus Sutra
  • Buddhist Monk
  • Standing Bodhisattva
  • Seated Bodhisattva
  • Sitatara, White Tara
  • Stupa
  • Monumental Head of a Bodhisattva
  • Taima Mandala, the Buddha Amida’s Paradise
  • Standing Tara
  • Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • The Bodhisattva of Compassion Sitting in Meditation
  • Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
  • Buddha Shakyamuni at the Moment of his Awakening
  • Ushnishavijaya
  • Half-length Portrait of the Zen Patriarch Bodhidharma
  • Large Votive Stupa
  • Shaka Nyorai, the Historical Buddha
  • Hotei, One of the Gods of Good Fortune, with Child
  • Buddha Shakyamuni as a Newborn Infant
  • Thangka of the Twenty-One Taras
  • Bust of a Luohan
  • The Layman Huashang and Two Lokapalas From a series of 7 thangkas with Buddha Shakyamuni and the 18 arhats
  • The 4th Dalai Lama Yonten Gyatso (1589–1617)
  • Dharani Sutra of the Heart of the Perfection of Insight
  • Bodhidharma
  • Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom
  • Shakyamuni Enters Nirvana
  • The Three Buddhas Dipankara, Shakyamuni, and Maitreya
Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

Padmasambhava with his 25 Tibetan Pupils From a series of 7 thangkas

This scroll shows the great Tibetan tantric master Padmasambhava. He is said to have travelled to Tibet in the 8th century in order to establish Buddhism there. Legend has it that he first conquered the demons and deities of the reigning Bon faith and forced them to serve as protectors of Buddhism from then on. Here he is displayed as a high-ranking teacher and founder of the Nyingma School. The figure is depicted in a lively fashion and with much attention to detail. Padmasambhava is embedded in a landscape of mountains and flowers and surrounded by several deities.